Books Quote by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

What poet would not grieve to see His brother write as well as he? But rather than they should excel, He'd wish his rivals…

— Jonathan Swift

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

— Antonin Artaud

A poem's life and death dependeth still Not on the poet's wits, but reader's will.

— Alexander Brome

“They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized all over the place but they're not poets.”

— J.D. Salinger

“Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many…

— Oscar Wilde

Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss.

— Joseph Campbell

“Poets aren't poets because of the way they write, they are poets because of the way they see the world.”

— Brandon Gene Petit

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

— Dan Simmons

Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end.

— Rick Yancey

All poets write bad poetry. Bad poets publish them, good poets burn them.

— Umberto Eco